When the pressure of Silicon Valley life gets to be too much for San Jose real estate agent Fereshteh Tali, she heads to Maui.

There, she has not just one condominium in Honua Kai Resort & Spa, one of the newer complexes on famed Kaanapali Beach, but four. Her relatives enjoyed visiting so much that the extended family bought a total of 12.

You read right: 12.

Honua Kai's 628 luxury units are found in two U-shaped buildings on a 38-acre complex set back 150 yards from the beach. The first opened in 2009 and the second in 2010, making them among the youngest of the high-rise condos in the area, some 25 years old or more.

The property features a Duke's restaurant, Aina Gourmet Market and Hoola Spa, with the only Himalayan salt treatment room on the island.

"I like to just come here and relax and unwind," Tali said recently from Maui. "Basically, I try to do nothing."

In the heady days of 2005, $442 million of preconstruction inventory sold in seven hours, said Susan Jackson, a principal broker at Honua Kai. Sales slowed in the economic slump, but have picked up again.

Studios and one-bedrooms are gone, but a few two- and three-bedrooms are available. Three-bedroom units have three baths and 2,200 to 2,500 square feet of space, and go for $2 million to $3.8 million.

Retired travel agent Bob Marchant of San Jose, a Maui visitor for 50 years, bought a three-bedroom in 2011 to entertain his kids and grandkids, 14 in all.

"We were there last week and were able to see whales breaching from our lanai," he said. "We eat breakfast there in the morning, fresh fruit like pineapple, papaya and mango, along with toast and a little juice. And the sunsets are absolutely gorgeous."